|
Donna Thrush, Reading Specialist, Title One |
358-3131 |
|
Sheshequin-Ulster Elementary School |
dthrush@athensasd.org |
Welcome to the new school year. I'm hoping that my students all get really WILD about reading...and I'm not li-on!
Parents: You are such and important part of your child learning to read. Research shows that! What you do in the home is just as important as what we do at school. If your child is seeing me, then s/he has been identified as needing some extra help, and YOUR help is critical to his/her success (catching up to grade level).
Your son or daughter should spend 20 minutes (at least) reading every night. If s/he is not yet an independent reader, then that 20 minutes should be either you reading to him/her, or helping him/her read. To help you do that, I will again be sending books home weekly. For kindergarten it will often not be books, but literacy activities all ready for you and your child to enjoy.
| What is Title One? Title 1 is the nation's oldest and largest federally funded educational program, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Annually, it provides over $7 billion to school systems across the country for students at risk of failure and living at or near poverty. Each school determines how to use its Title 1 funds to help students succeed. |
